tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558023412158904930.post462940789869795093..comments2023-11-08T02:46:59.622-08:00Comments on Healthy Family, Happy Life: Strength For The Fragile SpiritSchullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492785568194446403noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558023412158904930.post-9724570803410707412012-07-06T13:33:03.769-07:002012-07-06T13:33:03.769-07:00Hi Barbie and Meli,
I always love to hear from peo...Hi Barbie and Meli,<br />I always love to hear from people like Barbie that I haven't seen a post from in a while. I also enjoy it when new people find this blog!<br />Life is not always easy, we all have many challenges but it's never boring either! I really enjoy the encouragement I get when I read your comments. I pray for you daily.<br />God is blessing you. DonnaSchullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492785568194446403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558023412158904930.post-45101866228688011012012-07-05T22:43:38.242-07:002012-07-05T22:43:38.242-07:00what a great example of faith when times get tough...what a great example of faith when times get tough thank you so much for this I really needed it tonight as I sit here with tears running down my cheeks, I know now that the Lord led me to this blog for encouragment thank you again J M and Donna God Bless I have been tonight as I dry my tears and smile ;)Mellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343606104740004448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558023412158904930.post-71801316433722253362012-06-30T22:46:23.849-07:002012-06-30T22:46:23.849-07:00Thank you for the above message. I really need ...Thank you for the above message. I really need it at the moment<br />as I am going through a difficult time including a problem with<br />my blood pressure being too high. I haven't been to church for<br />about a month but when Len came home from church this morning <br />He surprised me. He asked me what the opening song for H of P<br />is. When I told him "Joyful Joyful" he said that our church had<br />sung that this morning. Go bless BarbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558023412158904930.post-71225838611820152662012-06-25T07:49:38.243-07:002012-06-25T07:49:38.243-07:00I remember my dad's favourite verse, "Be ...I remember my dad's favourite verse, "Be still and know that I am God". I take time to pray about a problem. My father was a minister and when I had a problem or needed some understanding about a situation in my life, I would talk to him about it. He has passed away. I know that he would want me to have faith in God during a difficult time. I also find peace from your prayers, Donna, and the members of this blog.<br />God bless you all.<br />LizElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16270714373662167766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558023412158904930.post-7868517645651397482012-06-23T10:30:03.030-07:002012-06-23T10:30:03.030-07:00Hello J.M.! What a wonderful example of strength ...Hello J.M.! What a wonderful example of strength and encouragement. Your dad not only had talent but he surely owned lots of perseverance, hope and patience! What a great legacy he passed along to you. No wonder you have such great character, wisdom, and strength.<br />Thank you for sharing this fantastic recollection of your dad and your earlier memories. It is very special and I know you will bless and encourage others when they read it too!<br />God is blessing you. DonnaSchullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492785568194446403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558023412158904930.post-13929707521312372062012-06-22T12:44:43.111-07:002012-06-22T12:44:43.111-07:00In my everyday "stumbles or falls", I im...In my everyday "stumbles or falls", I immediately KNOW I will "get back up, dust myself off and start all over again" as went the song my Dad sung. And I know my Dad lived that way! I believe it got me thinking the same way.<br /><br />I many times have related to others how my Dad had taken our family to Canada, from England after the war years and his job, as BBC Big Band leader with a program called "Whistle While You Work", ended.<br /><br />He thought getting a playing gig in Canada would be easy but soon found out that he had to wait 6 months to join the Musician's Union in Montreal, Canada. If he worked non-union he would never get into the union and musician's here were treated poorly, which was the reason the union was in it's early days. My Dad believed in himself and the union goals, so he walked the streets of Montreal looking for any way to get a job and happened on a chicken processor!!! From BBC 30 piece orchestra to plucking chickens? <br /><br />Now, I must add my Dad's youth was spent working for a butcher and thus he got the job plucking chickens all these years later. But then worries over the move he had taken us on led him to develop an ulcer and that put him in hospital with a perforated ulcer. So our family life at the beginning of the 1950's was rough!<br /><br />But once my Dad got into the union and got a job playing the piano, his 2 week contract was renewed every 2 weeks, for 7 years! My Dad was never out of work for more than a few days as he was always "networking" before that phrase was coined. He worked weddings, took a job in summers on boats putting a band together for Cunard lines and that went on for 10 summers.<br /><br />Life and Faith can take us from adversity to the top of whatever. My Dad had started as a musician only after he had suddenly lost sight in one eye and in 1920 that was not diagnosed and also made getting a butcher job hard! So he took up music seriously and it fulfilled his passion.<br /><br />So, to bring this story forward, though I had some tough times with my Dad, as is often the case; a young lad (me) had not learned enough lessons yet. In the trials I have or do encounter, I reflect how my Dad had faith in the Lord, faith in himself and knew that one must "work like it all is up to us, but pray like it is all up to God".<br /><br />And so, I find my strength in our Father and through my Dad who showed me that "when you are down, get up" or as Robert once taught in a sermon "When you are down, look up" <br /><br />God is Blessing all, always<br />J-M<br /><br />Footnote... My Dad always regreted that he never had a popular record published but after 50 years, in 1998, the old BBC files were released from copyright and guess who is on The Golden Greats CD series along with Glenn Miller and others but Jan Wildeman and His Quintet with a song called "Heaven in Your Smile"! Yes, Donna, patience, and all will be fulfilled well! Thank you also for a question that led my heart to pour out this story. And thanks to all who patiently read to this pointJan-Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813149854030293572noreply@blogger.com